Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book presents the structure of turtles, particularly interesting within the context of their development, novelty, functional diversity, and evolution. It provides a robust discussion of the development and diversity of the shell. The book also explores the turtle body plan, its physiological and ecological consequences, evolutionary novelties, and their importance... 405 p.

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• Jeanette Wyneken, ed. PhD, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (U.S.A).
• Matthew H. Godfrey, ed. PhD, Biologist, Adjunct Assistant Professor. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Beaufort, NC (U.S.A). And Duke University, NC (USA), Nicholas School for the Environment and Earth Studies. 
• Vincent Bels, ed. PhD, Professor. Muséum National D’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France).
  
   
• Publication date (electronic format): 2007-12.